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Medieval Edward III silver 'Long Cross' penny 
Edward III was King of England from 1327 - 1377. Crowned at the age of just fifteen years old, Edward transformed the Kingdom of England into one of the most formidable military powers in Europe.
In 1328, Edward, aged sixteen, married the 12-year old Philippa of Hainault.
In 1333 he led a successful campaign against the Scots and in 1337, declared himself King of France, claiming the throne as grandson of King Philip IV. However, the French rejected the claim and accepted Philip's nephew, Philip VI, as the rightful king. This led to the 100 Years war.
This was also the era of the infamous 'Black Death" which swept through England, killing roughly one third of the entire population. This altered the economic situation of the workers who were now in great demand. To put the value of a 'penny' into perspective, it now cost one penny to hoe an acre of land and sixpence to plough an acre of land three times over, and, reaping an acre cost 5 pence.
The coin shown above was found by metal detecting in Britain. It is silver and measures roughly 17mm in diameter. This is a 'Hammered" coin - Hammered coins were produced by placing a thin sheet of metal, either gold, silver, bronze or copper, between two dies, and striking the top die as to create an image on each side. The 'Long Cross' design was introduced by Edward I. Silver coins, in the Medieval age, were often 'clipped', having thin slivers of silver removed from the coin. These slivers were eventually melted down and sold. The 'Long Cross' was an attempt to stop this practice, in that, if the coin did not show the complete 'cross' it would not be accepted. Unfortunately, this did not work, and coins were still subjected to 'clipping' - as shown by the penny above!!
Being roughly 700 years old, you can expect that there is some major wear, which is reflected in the rough surface of the coin.
Postage R25.00
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